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Beach filling and imposex in Olivancillaria deshayesiana (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Olividae) from the coast of Mar del Plata, Argentina

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 May 2009

S. Valeria Teso  and
Pablo E. Penchaszadeh
S. Valeria Teso*
Affiliation:
Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales-CONICET, Avenida Angel Gallardo 470, (1045) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Pablo E. Penchaszadeh
Affiliation:
Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales-CONICET, Avenida Angel Gallardo 470, (1045) Buenos Aires, Argentina
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: S.V. Teso, Museo Argentino de Ciencias, Naturales-CONICET, Avenida Angel Gallardo 470, (1045) Buenos Aires, Argentina email: valeteso@bg.fcen.uba.ar
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Abstract

Beach filling activities were conducted along the Mar del Plata coastline, Argentina, with sediments dredged from the harbour mouth between November 1998 and April 1999. We determined the percentage of imposex of Olivancillaria deshayesiana before, during and immediately after beach filling. The current situation (2005–2007) of imposex incidence was compared between populations from Mar del Plata and Mar Chiquita, a less impacted area. In addition, we evaluated differences in shell shape and body weight between females with and without imposex. The percentage of imposex was significantly higher during (85.3%) and after (73.9%) beach filling than before it (31.0%). No differences in body weight were found in the female population but shell length was significantly lower in females with imposex. As expected, the Mar Chiquita population showed no signs of imposex. This is the first report of imposex in beaches nourished with sand dredged from the port. Our results highlight the importance of analysing more carefully the sediment before beach filling. On the basis of the high level of imposex recorded near the port of Mar del Plata, O. deshayesiana can be used as a biological indicator of marine contamination with butyltin compounds.

Keywords

Argentinabeach fillingimposexOlivancillaria deshayesianaTBT
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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 89 , Issue 3 , May 2009 , pp. 557 - 562
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2009

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